"Big Bang" machine, Large Hadron Collider (hee hee): Still, it works Was Obama referring to Palin when he said "lipstick on a pig"? Hurricane Ike enters Gulf; on path for Texas Apple announces new iPods; still overshadowed by iPhone Wall Street firm Lehman Brothers lost nearly $4 billion last quarter Britney Spears wins big at MTV Video Music Awards Oyster lunch uncovers cluster of 26 pearls......